Macedonia: U.S. gives him green light KSF for helicopter purchase

Kosovo Security Force is also receiving support from the United States.

And to get the green light, Defence Minister Ejup Macedonia is standing in the State Department for a few days now, conducting high-level meetings.

He also issued a statement, while saying the KSF has received support for buying helicopters as well as from the Department of Defence.

“One of the points of discussion has been the continuation for the purchase of the weapons system, now the Kosovo Security Force from 2025 is moving to another phase, so in the third phase of transition where more advanced systems of military support, meaning helicopters meaning air defence radar, and we have received support that the United States will support the Republic of Kosovo in building these capacities. Over the next two days, we have important visits linking with military purchases”, he declared.

Besides helicopters, KSF this year will also be supplied with anti-tank Yavelin equipment with a considerable number of them.

And one of the topics that we discussed was that the tank anti-tank system Yavelin was to have part of our anti-tank systems that we have other anti-tank systems in the KSF, we've got a support that's going to become impossible to have a certain amount of it this year over the next year that we have completed with all anti-tank devices because it's known that there's a significant amount that's been bought <x1.

The minister announced that for the first time, the KSF will be sent to the Middle East with the IOWA Guard.

“We have discussed the steps we will take together with the US with the aim of creating the conveniences of international agreements for the Kosovo Security Force for the first time in a critical military operation in the Middle East that we intend to plan with the IWA National Guard we have also announced to the Department of Defence for Progress that has been made in the KSF's military capabilities <1>, he told Tve1.

Also, within the framework of meetings at the Department of Defence, Macedonia has reportedly FBI experts are helping Kosovo police investigate the Iber-Lepenc Canal attack.

“In the State Department we have been informed of the involvement of FBI experts in order to support our institutions in the case investigation. Of course, we and the State Department have discussed that the final outcome will also be distributed to actors who have been involved in the attack against critical infrastructure, as they have been involved in many previous attacks, the final results will be expected to come to accurate information, but I have presented our suspicion based that these attacks were carried out by terrorist groups led by Radojic”.

During these meetings, Minister Macedonia announced there is a strong pledge to support the Republic in the Adriatic Charter and then in other structures, including NATO.